Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Bronx, New York
Honored By
John W. Brixius
Relationship
Friend
BOOT CAMP AT SAMSON, NEW YORK; SIGNALMAN SCHOOL AND THEN SHIPPED OUT ON USS HAINES. HAD MANY PORTS OF CALL, INCLUDING THE ATLANTIC COAST, MEDITERRANEAN SEA, GIBRALTAR, EGYPT, MALTA, FRANCE. THEN ON TO THE PACIFIC FOR OCCUPATION OF JAPAN. THE USS HAINES WAS IN THE HARBOR AT THE TIME THE TIME WHEN JAPAN SURRENDERED. SERVED FROM APRIL 28, 1943 TO NOVEMBER 29, 1945. EARNED AMERICAN THEATER, EUROPEAN THEATER, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER AND THE VICTORY MEDALS.